Re: NIST EMC Software

On Sat, 15 May 1999 17:06:46 -0500, you wrote:

>From: Dan Falck <dfalck@...>
>
>At 07:45 PM 5/15/99 +0000, John Stevenson wrote:
>
>>Could someone please post a site for this EMC package??
>
>Sorry, here it is:
>
>http://www.isd.cme.nist.gov/projects/emc/emc.html
>
>>As regards thread milling on a miller you don't need to sync the spindle
>to the
>>Z axis.
>>All you need is to lower the Z axis in time with one circular interpolation.
>>The AHHA controller has a canned cycle for this
>>G14 I.....K.....L.....F.....
>>Where I=Radius, K=lead, L=No of repitions, and F=feed.
>>For a tool I use one piece out of a coventry die head that has the same
>number
>>of teeth [ K ] that I need mounted in a holder.
>
>Sorry again, I was should have said hard tapping, not thread milling. My
>mistake. I was also thinking in terms of what one could do with a CNC
>lathe for threading. I have never done either with a CNC, but that doesn't
>mean that I won't try sometime. It would involve setting up an encoder on
>the spindle and having the appropriate software.
>
>Thanks,
>

Dan
Thanks for the site address.
Not wanting to keep pushing Ahha but their card has an input for spindle encoder
for threading in a lathe setup

Regards,
John Stevenson
Nottingham, England